Alderman
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
A judicial or administrative magistrate, Originally the word was synonymous with “elder,” but was also used to designate an earl, and even a king. In English iaw. An associate te the chief civil magistrate of a corporate town or eity, In American cities. The aldermen are generally a legislative body, having limited judicial powers as a body, as in matters of internal police regulation, laying oul and repairing streets, constructing sewers, and the like; though in many cities they hold separate courts, and have magisteriai powers to a considerable extent.
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